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Leners' Patent No. 79,420, daten June 301868.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER CAPS-t e ith: tlgrhnlt tinnen tr in .tlnsetttrs ntmf mth making pari .nfllge Samir.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that weNEHEM1AH Wn'rnnimn and ALFRED T. PERKINS, both of Toledo, inthe county of Lucas, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Paper Cap; and we' do hereby declare.the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which. are made apart of this specification. i A

. This` cap is made ofpaper, paper parchment, or paper and cloth -co-mbined, the object Abeing to supply a sigbtly and suiciently durable article at a moderate pric'e,

The invention consists ina peculiar manner of cutting and securing the parts.

Figure Iris aperspective view of a cap illustrating our'invention.

Figure 2 is a view showing the maohine-cutblank or piece of material out of which the'cap is to be formed.

Similar letters of reference indicate'correspondingparts in the -two iigures,. l

' The material inform the crown or body of the capV may be in one or more pieces, but -wev prefer to 'make the-same of a. singl'e piece, which, by means of a suitable die or dies, we rst leut into the shape shown in tig. 2, so that the top, A., of the hat shall consist of a number of sectoral portions, a a a, which are secured together at the centre by means of afseal or patch, B, madefast by adhesive material, but they. may be secured together in any bther equally cheap and desirable manner. The side Cof the crown, or, in other Words, that partl ofthe hat which eneircles the head, is made ibo-assume thodesired anglewith the top, A, either by hand or mechanical-means; and said encircling part O isstrengthened by a band, Dyof stilf paper. A piece of paper may be pasted over and upon the two extremities of the part C to secure them together when the material (fig. 2) has been made to assume the form of la. hat or cap, as shown in fig. 1 The material is perforated, as at c e e, to afford ventilation, and by making these perforations at the junctions oithe'sectoral portionsa with the side C, the formation of rumples or projections is prevented. 5 l

The visor or brinrll is o f the same kind of material as the'body of the ca'p, and both may De made out'of a single piece, or the visor may be made separately, and secured-'thereto in any desired manner.

F is a lining, of oil-skin or other suitable material, whiehmay be pasted or otherwise held toV the surface of the band D, at the inside ofthe hat, and which serves toprotect the paper from sweat. v

It is the intention to make the hat or cup impervious to water by a coating of varnish or a water-prooi` composition.

In iig. 1 the cap is represented as having imitation binding and buckle-strap.

By cutting our pattern in the form shown in iig. 2, with sectors of unequal length, we are enabled to secure the whole together in the centre with less protuberanee, and the necessary lapping of their edges does ,not prevent the seal B holdin-g every one securely. t

We are aware that paper bats and caps have before been made in various ways; but

Yvrhnt we claim, and' desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl As a new article ot` manufacture, the paper cap or hat herein described, formed of paper onfaualogous material, with' a number of sectors, a a secured at the centre 'by a seal, B.' Y

NEHEMIAH WATERMAN,

ALFRED T.."PERKINS. Witnesses:

C. F, ADAMS, RALPH Osnonn'n. 

